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Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets Chicago Park District workers following a city council meeting at City Hall in Chicago on Oct. 16, 2019. The Chicago Park District and its employees reached a tentative contract agreement, averting what would have been the first strike for workers and would have shuttered facilities across the city, according to union officials.

Chicago Park District workers reach contract agreement, averting what would have been historic walkoff

October 16, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

The Chicago Park District and its employees reached a tentative contract agreement, averting what would have been the first strike for workers and would have shuttered facilities across the city,...

Becky Kliber, a lead negotiator for the union representing Chicago Park District employees, delivers strike notices to Sybil Madison, the deputy mayor of education and human services, at City Hall on Oct. 1, 2019.

City and Chicago Park District union continue last-minute talks to try to avoid strike

October 15, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Chicago Park District employees will continue contract negotiations Wednesday morning as the city braces for a potential strike, union officials announced late Tuesday. Jeffrey Howard, the Service Employees International Union...

Bob Zehr, 57, and his daughter Madeleine, 15, a Lane Tech sophomore, in their Chicago home. The varsity swimmer and her family worry about a strike's impact on sports.

We asked readers their views on a potential Chicago teachers strike. They had some thoughts.

October 17, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

Update: The teachers strike is officially on. Read the latest news here. If Chicago leaders and its teachers union are at odds over a potential strike, the city's residents, it...

El alguacil Mike Downey, del Condado de Kankakee, conversa con el representante federal Jesús "Chuy" García en Kankakee County Jail.

Legisladores latinos caen de sorpresa en centro de detenidos de ICE para averiguar las condiciones

October 9, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

Un hombre leía un libro; otro hablaba por un teléfono público; un tercero estaba sentado en una silla y miraba directamente hacia una ventana a través de la cual no...

After showing up unannounced, Latino lawmakers were given a tour of where ICE detainees are housed at the Kankakee County Jail on Oct. 8, 2019.

ICE detainees and their jailers near Chicago get surprise visit from Latino lawmakers to view conditions

October 8, 2019 at 7:41 p.m.

One man read a book; another talked into a pay phone; a third sat in a chair and looked straight ahead at a one-way window he could not see through....

Students and activists march Friday, Sept. 29, 2019 towards Federal Plaza in the Loop to call attention to issues related to global climate change.

Chicago environmental group hopes 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will join protest Monday, but spokesman says she’s not planning to be here

October 4, 2019 at 6:28 p.m.

Chicago-based environmental activists hope Greta Thunberg will march alongside them next week in Daley Plaza as part of her travels in the Midwest, but a spokesman said Friday that Thunberg...

Chicago man gets 22 years in prison after luring teen girls into sex via Facebook, promising cash

October 1, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

The three-hour sentencing for Bryan Osborne was so emotional for one of his teenage victims that she walked out of the courtroom crying at least two times Monday as she...

Karla Lee, center, speaks at Chicago Police District Area 5 headquarters on Nov. 3, 2015, to ask the public for help in finding the person who shot and killed her 9-year-old son, Tyshawn Lee. Tyshawn was killed Nov. 2.

Veteran Chicago cop testifies about gang feud that led to 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee’s slaying

September 27, 2019 at 6:52 p.m.

A veteran Chicago police officer who's considered a gang expert testified Friday how a long-simmering feud between two gang factions in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood escalated after rivals were suspected of...

Immigration activists protest outside Chicago's Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Chicago Thursday.

New ICE director in Chicago criticizes the city’s sanctuary ordinance. But Mayor Lightfoot shows up and calls his comments ‘nonsense.’

March 11, 2024 at 2:08 p.m.

The new director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago pushed back Thursday against the city and state policies that aim to protect immigrants, but he was met with...

El veterano del ejército, Miguel Pérez Jr. acompañado de su madre Esperanza Pérez y su padre Miguel Pérez Sr., en Lincoln Methodist Church en Chicago.

En el limbo el futuro de veterano deportado

September 25, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

CHICAGO — Sólo habían pasado unas cuantas horas desde su regreso a Chicago, y Miguel Pérez Jr. ya había experimentado una montaña rusa de emociones, y ahora tiene que esperar...

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